--- title: Anderson .Paak Is on the 2026 TIME100 List description: Find out why Anderson .Paak is one of the 100 most influential people of 2026. canonical: https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/anderson-paak/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2026-04-15T11:00:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:21:49.471Z article:section: TIME100 og:title: Anderson .Paak: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 og:description: Find out why Anderson .Paak is on this year’s list og:url: https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/anderson-paak/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7c3f2dd862595b0/69dfb1f2fd89adcd137d544a/T100-2026-Web-Anderson-Paak-social-01.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: Anderson .Paak: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: Anderson .Paak: The 100 Most Influential People of 2026 twitter:description: Find out why Anderson .Paak is on this year’s list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7c3f2dd862595b0/69dfb1f2fd89adcd137d544a/T100-2026-Web-Anderson-Paak-social-01.jpg?branch=production --- Apr 15, 2026 # Anderson .Paak by Natasha Lyonne  Earl Gibson III—Deadline/Getty Images You haven’t really heard the Beatles until you’ve heard [Anderson .Paak](https://time.com/collections/renaissance-is-black/5932845/black-protest-music-2016/ "undefined") on the piano at 4 a.m., alone, sounding out “The Long and Winding Road.” He’s a magician. A legend. A voice and a tone. Andy’s 40th birthday was a night full of love, dancing, and family. The sum total of a lifetime of talent, a man at the peak of his powers. Laughing with his mom and friends. Top of the world. His presence is palpable. It’s undeniable. He lights up the whole space—cools and relaxes the place, but still on fire. Feels historic. Anderson .Paak is the genuine, multihyphenate article. No one like him. Funny, unself-conscious, inspired. Humbly aware that he’s the keeper of this endless trove of ideas, songs, and stories—including, this year, his directorial debut. Each spark tethering to the next, seamlessly flying without a net and yet somehow fully course-corrected. A director, a drummer, a crooner, and a writer. Pulling ideas from the ether and realizing them in real time. Basking in Andy’s golden glow is a gift for anyone in his orbit. The song said to leave the door open ... so, you know, pretty sound advice, turns out. Andy’s the whole constellation. _Lyonne is an Emmy-nominated actor, writer, and producer_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/anderson-paak/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/anderson-paak/"},"headline":"Anderson .Paak","datePublished":"2026-04-15T11:00:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:21:49.471Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/anderson-paak/","keywords":["TIME 100","list","franchise","Accolades"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7c3f2dd862595b0/69dfb1f2fd89adcd137d544a/T100-2026-Web-Anderson-Paak-social-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Natasha Lyonne"}],"creator":"Natasha Lyonne","articleSection":"TIME100","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7c3f2dd862595b0/69dfb1f2fd89adcd137d544a/T100-2026-Web-Anderson-Paak-social-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/time100/","name":"TIME100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people/2026/anderson-paak/","name":"Anderson .Paak"}}]}] ```